15 Vietnamese AI Solutions Advance in a $1M Innovation Prize

Fifteen AI solutions built by Vietnamese teams have reached the preliminary round of the Âu Lạc Grand Prize 2026, a one-million-dollar award for AI products already deployed in Vietnam.

About the prize

The Âu Lạc Grand Prize was launched by the Âu Lạc AI Alliance with FPT Corporation, the Government Electronic Information Portal and VnExpress. It received more than 400 entries. Solutions are judged on five criteria: socio-economic impact, innovation and technology mastery, sustainability, scalability, and ethics and responsibility in AI. The preliminary round takes place in October, the final is expected in November and the award ceremony in December 2026.

The 15 solutions

• Healthcare and science: BioAI, Pathology AI Lab, Brain-Life, N2TP AI4Science Platform.

• Manufacturing and infrastructure: 1Robot, CMC Video Miner, ViCore, CloudThinker VibeOps Platform.

• Legal, business management, mental health, energy, agriculture and heritage: AesirX ComplianceOne, LEXcentra, I Got AI, Murror, Volterra, Egg Vision, Onflow Vietnam.

Why it matters

The list shows where local AI capability is maturing. Beyond chatbots, these solutions target the specific operational problems of Vietnamese industries, from pathology diagnosis and production monitoring to legal compliance.

What companies can take from it

For Korean and international companies operating in Vietnam, this is a source worth following closely:

• Awards like this are often where credible local AI vendors and technical talent appear first.

• Solutions already deployed in Vietnam tend to handle local data, language and regulation better than imported tools.

• Following the final round and year-end ceremony is an easy way to build a shortlist of potential partners.

Source: VnExpress